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(a) Each license issued pursuant to this article must be posted and kept in a conspicuous place in the amusement center and must state the number of coin- operated amusement devices for which the license was issued.
(b) A replacement license may be issued for one lost, destroyed, or mutilated, upon application on a form provided by the chief of police. A replacement license shall have the word “REPLACEMENT” stamped across its face and shall bear the same number as the one it replaces.
(c) An amusement center license is not assignable or transferable.
(d) A licensee shall notify the chief of police within 10 days of a change or partial change in the ownership or management of the amusement center, or a change of address or trade name. (Ord. 14736)
The chief of police shall refuse to approve issuance or renewal of an amusement center license for one or more of the following reasons:
(1) a false statement as to a material matter made in an application for a license;
(2) conviction of the applicant or an operator or corporate officer of the applicant of a felony or, within the preceding five years, of an offense involving drugs, gambling, prostitution, obscenity, or unlawfully carrying a weapon;
(3) revocation of a license, pursuant to this chapter, of the applicant or corporate officer of the applicant within two years preceding the filing of the application; or
(4) violation by the applicant or the applicant’s operator of the location requirements of Section 6A-3 of this chapter. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932; 20663)
(a) The chief of police shall revoke an amusement center license for one or more of the following reasons:
(1) a false statement as to a material matter made in an application for a license, license renewal, or a hearing concerning the license;
(2) conviction of the licensee or an operator or corporate officer of the licensee of a felony or an offense involving drugs, gambling, prostitution, obscenity, or unlawfully carrying a weapon;
(3) conviction twice within a one year period of the licensee or the licensee’s operator for a violation of the hours of operation provision of this chapter;
(4) employment by the licensee of an operator who is under 18 years of age;
(5) operation of an amusement center containing more coin-operated amusement devices than the center is licensed for;
(6) violation by the licensee or the licensee’s operator of Section 6A-11 of this chapter; or
(7) violation by the licensee or the licensee’s operator of the location requirements of Section 6A-3 of this chapter.
(b) The chief of police shall send written notice of revocation to a licensee by certified mail, return receipt requested, setting forth the reasons for the revocation. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932; 20663)
If the chief of police refuses to approve the issuance of a license or the renewal of a license to an applicant, or revokes a license issued to a licensee under this article, this action is final unless the applicant or licensee, within 10 days after the receipt of written notice of the action, files with the city manager a written appeal. The city manager shall, within 10 days after the appeal is filed, consider all the evidence in support of or against the action appealed, and render a decision either sustaining or reversing the action. If the city manager sustains the action, the applicant or licensee may, within 10 days of that decision file a written appeal with the city secretary to the city council setting forth specific grounds for the appeal. The city council shall, within 30 days, grant a hearing to consider the action. The city council has authority to sustain, reverse, or modify the action appealed. The decision of the city council is final. (Ord. 14736)
(a) Except as provided in Subsection (b) or (c) of this section, no licensee or his operator may operate the amusement center between the hours of 12:01 a.m. to 9 a.m., Monday through Friday, and between the hours of 2 a.m. to 9 a.m., Saturday and Sunday.
(b) If an amusement center is within 500 feet of a district restricted to residential use under the Comprehensive General Zoning Ordinance of the City of Dallas, no licensee or his operator may operate the amusement center except between the hours of 9 a.m. to 11 p.m., Sunday through Thursday, and between the hours of 9 a.m. to 12 midnight, Friday and Saturday.
(c) If an amusement center is within 500 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school, no licensee or his operator may operate the amusement center between the hours of 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. during the fall or spring term when students are required to attend school in the school district in which the center is located.
(d) For purposes of this section, measurements shall be made in a straight line, without regard to intervening structures or objects, from the nearest entry door in the portion of the building used as an amusement center to the nearest point of a district restricted to residential use or nearest entry door of a school.
(e) If an amusement center’s hours are restricted only by Subsection (a) of this section, a licensee may obtain a temporary permit to operate continuously. The chief of police shall issue a temporary permit for no longer than 30 days and only once a year. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932; 16586; 20663)
(a) A licensee or his operator may not permit any of the following activities within the amusement center:
(1) violation of any possession, sale, or delivery provision in Subchapter 4 of the Texas Controlled Substances Act;
(2) violation of any provision in Article 666-17 (14) of the Texas Liquor Control Act;
(3) prostitution;
(4) gambling; or
(5) entry of a person younger than 17 years between the hours of 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. during the fall or spring term when students are required to attend school in the school district in which the center is located.
(b) A licensee or his operator may not permit any of the following activities on premises of the amusement center:
(1) violation of Section 42.01 of the Penal Code; or
(2) violation of Chapter 7A of the Dallas City Code.
(c) In Subsection (b) of this section, “premises” means an area, other than the interior of an amusement center, to which the public or a substantial group of the public has access and which is under the control of an owner or operator of an amusement center, such as a parking facility or private sidewalk. (Ord. Nos. 14736; 14932)